Count Robert of ParisRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker and Company, London., 1832 - 330 páginas |
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... arms of your husband will probably put an end to long ere to - morrow at noon ? " " Canst thou not comprehend , " said the Coun- tess , " thou man of many words , but of few honourable thoughts , that a heart like mine , which has been ...
... arms of your husband will probably put an end to long ere to - morrow at noon ? " " Canst thou not comprehend , " said the Coun- tess , " thou man of many words , but of few honourable thoughts , that a heart like mine , which has been ...
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... creature returned , unsubdued for the moment by any awe of man ; uttering a fierce , and , at the same time , stifled cry , it flew on the philosopher , and clasped its strong and sinewy arms about 14 COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS .
... creature returned , unsubdued for the moment by any awe of man ; uttering a fierce , and , at the same time , stifled cry , it flew on the philosopher , and clasped its strong and sinewy arms about 14 COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS .
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... arms , and abode by his purpose of not quitting his hold of the philosopher's throat until he had breathed his last . Two more bitter yells , accom- panied each with a desperate contortion of the countenance , and squeeze of the hands ...
... arms , and abode by his purpose of not quitting his hold of the philosopher's throat until he had breathed his last . Two more bitter yells , accom- panied each with a desperate contortion of the countenance , and squeeze of the hands ...
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... arms , which were but imperfectly seen . At the bottom of this hall , a small iron - door led to a narrow and winding staircase , resem- bling a draw - well in shape and size , the steps of which were excessively steep , and which the ...
... arms , which were but imperfectly seen . At the bottom of this hall , a small iron - door led to a narrow and winding staircase , resem- bling a draw - well in shape and size , the steps of which were excessively steep , and which the ...
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... arm to the assistance of the fair lady , in order to help her out of the dreary staircase . " Dearest Hereward , " said the lady , with a degree of intimacy which seemed unusual , " how much COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS . 31.
... arm to the assistance of the fair lady , in order to help her out of the dreary staircase . " Dearest Hereward , " said the lady , with a degree of intimacy which seemed unusual , " how much COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS . 31.
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Página 334 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Página 334 - Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother: They parted - ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 109 - It came flying through the air," says that good knight, " like a winged dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the speed of lightning, and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this horrible illumination.
Página 202 - ... hero. We cannot, however, refuse her judicious and important remark, that the disorders of the times were the misfortune and the glory of Alexius ; and that every calamity which can afflict a declining empire, was accumulated on his reign by the justice of heaven, and the vices of his predecessors.
Página 235 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Página 334 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between;— But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 18 - WILL you hear a Spanish lady. How shee wooed an English man ? Garments gay as rich as may be Decked with jewels she had on. Of a comely countenance and grace was she, And by birth and parentage of high degree.
Página 8 - One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
Página 201 - Yet instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and science, betrays in every page the vanity of a female author.
Página 166 - Curious, not knowing, not exa.ct, but nice, Form short .ideas, and offend in arts (As most in manners) by a love to parts. Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And...